So, riddle me this, Batman … how come people are complaining about the mortgage interest rate being around 8 percent? But interest on credit cards that are running between 24 percent to 28 percent, they can’t charge stuff fast enough? Huh? It makes no sense to me. In 1985, we bought a house built in 1975 at 12 percent interest and were able to swing it, have a child and pay our bills and survive. It can be done, on one income, from a mechanical engineering job.
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Letter: Interest rates are manageable
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